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Hello BP!!I’m just now getting into the rental world. I’ll be getting my initial funds from a HELOC on my primary residence. I have access to about $70k. I’m looking to purchase my first investment property, looking i...
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For the first official topic. For those who use property management who do you use, why, and would you recommend them. What are their terms and do you have any affiliation with them other than being a client?If you ar...
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Hello BP, First off, thanks for taking the time to read this. I will be buying my first primary residence in Central New Jersey here in the next few months. I obviously will only buy if it’s a deal that needs so...
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I am based out of Wisconsin and have recently started to invest into realestate. Seeing as how I have background in construction, I obtained my pre-dwelling contractor license and am looking to get fully licensed in a...
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We are all aware of the 1% rule--the gross rent produced by a property must equal 1% of the of the property's acquisition cost. The question being, does this still hold true for Arizona? If not, what metric do you guy...
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I have a duplex that I owe $135,000 on that currently generates me $1000 per month in passive income. My primary house has a mortgage of $329,000. I recently sold our old primary house and I have around $200,000. I...
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Hello,I'm looking to buy my first 2 rental houses buy the end of 2019. I currently live in Sacramento, CA and have about $200 of Equity in my current home to pull from. I'm looking at buying a 3/1 or 3/2 Single Fami...
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Hello BP members, as the title says I am headed out to Lubbock in a couple weeks to learn the area and begin the process of investing OOS. I am from CA and looking to grow my buy and hold portfolio. My current persona...
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Hey All!Long time listener, first time caller... uh poster.If it helps form your opinion, a little background: We currently own a duplex down condo on the Far North side of Chicago, IL that we purchased almost two yea...